Optimization of septal spacing in hybrid PET using estimation task performance

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 49 I, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2127-2132

  Glick, Stephen J ^a   Groiselle, Corinne J ^a   Kolthammer, Jeffrey ^b   Stodilka, Robert Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Marconi Medical Systems   (United States)

^c DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Maximum likelihood estimation; Optimization; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

LESION; MULTI-PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036816514     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2002.803779     Document Type: Article

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